H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Packey McFarland
Lightweight · United States
Packey McFarland ranks #149 in the H&G All-Time Index at Lightweight, with a 81.89 All-Time Index score and a 70-0-5 professional record. His career span on this page is 1905-1915.
- All-time rank
- #149
- H&G All-Time Index
- 81.890-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 70-0-5Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1905-1915
- Data Confidence
- MediumSolid but wider career evidence. Treat close ranks with extra care.
Career story
How Packey McFarland's rating rose and fell year by year, with his peak marked.
Yearly peak-form Elo rating points. This curve is separate from the 0-100 ranking index.
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1905 | 1,761 |
| 1907 | 1,871 |
| 1908 | 1,896 |
| 1909 | 1,914 |
| 1910 | 1,937 |
| 1911 | 1,974 |
| 1912 | 1,992 |
| 1913 | 1,995 |
| 1915 | 1,989 |
Why this ranking
Packey McFarland ranks #149 with a 81.89 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His public win-loss-draw record shows no defeats, so there are no losses to add context to here. His standout win in our data is over Jack Britton in 1913, who reached a 1,812 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. Data Confidence is Medium, so the rating should be read with wider uncertainty. Peak-form Elo is 1,995 (±239), separate from the 60-100 career Index.
What lifts or lowers this ranking
Bars show each weighted signal's relative size. Gold lifts the placement; grey holds it back.
How much repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
How much the record is helped by wins over contemporaneous title-level opponents.
Same-era separation left after the shared peak and sustained rating signal is removed.
A narrow signal for lineal, explicit undisputed or major multi-belt class control in this release data; it is not a full title history.
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
Compare and explore
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Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Packey McFarland actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Jack Britton#67 · Index 86 · 1911, 1913
- Mike Gibbons#95 · Index 84 · 1915
- Owen Moran#168 · Index 81 · 1911
- Freddie Welsh#174 · Index 81 · 1908, 1910
- Lockport Jimmy Duffy#370 · Index 77 · 1912
Ranked-vs-ranked bouts from the pinned fight archive, ordered by opponent ranking. An objective record of who they shared a ring with.
Great rivals he never fought
Ranked fighters who shared a recognised division and whose competitive careers overlapped, with no bout between them on record. Each name opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Joe Gans#42 · Lightweight / Welterweight · 5 overlapping years (1905-1909)
- Abe Attell#97 · Lightweight · 11 overlapping years (1905-1915)
- Stanley Ketchel#167 · Welterweight · 6 overlapping years (1905-1910)
- Georges Carpentier#507 · Welterweight · 7 overlapping years (1909-1915)
- Les Darcy#815 · Welterweight · 6 overlapping years (1910-1915)
- Willie Ritchie#839 · Lightweight · 10 overlapping years (1906-1915)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
Linked style profile
8-axis style breakdown
Packey McFarland also has a reviewed style profile with radar scores, study notes and diagnostic comparisons.
About this rating
Rankings: H&G All-Time Index v2.0.0. Reflects fights up to , the most recent on record. The ratings are fixed to that point, so fights after it are not yet included.
The rating itself is built from the 56 bouts we hold full data for from 1905 to 1915, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 1,995 (peak dated 1913-10-01). This best-point rating sits on its own scale and is not directly comparable with the 0-100 index.
The peak estimate carries an uncertainty band of about ±239 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.